Miner&#39;s cap.



S. J. SKELDING.

MINER'S GAP.

APPLICATION FILED 110117, 1910.

1,007,984. Patented Nov. 7,1911.

I IH 7 5 Attorneys SQUIRE JOHNSON SKELDING, OF MOUNT CARMEL, PENNSYLVANIA.

MINERS CAP.

incense.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SQUIRE JOHNSON SKELDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Carmel, in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Miners Gap, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to caps particularly designed to be worn by miners, one of the objects of the invention being to produce an inexpensive but durable cap formed in four pieces including a lamp holder, the cap being formed entirely of a durable fabric and leather and any metal rivets which may be found necessary to hold the parts together.

Another object is to provide a cap the body portion of which is so reinforced as to properly hold its shape under normal conditions, the reinforcement being of a ma terial similar to that of which the cap body is formed.

A further object is to provide a lamp holder mounted upon the vizor of the cap and which serves to support the crown, said crown being inclined to drain water therefrom.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing, the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cap constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the cap, said cap being shown on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the side crown of the cap, the same-being formed in a single length of fabric, such as heavy duck or canvas, the ends of the material being sewed or otherwise secured together and said side crown being formed with an annular box plait 2. Any number of these plaits may be employed and the lower edge of the side crown is folded upwardly, as at 3, and terminates with an annular hem 4 of substan- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 17, 1910.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 592,877.

tially the same external appearance as the plait 2. This hem and the plait 2 form reinforcing means whereby the side crown of the cap will be held in proper shape under normal conditions and Without the use of other separate reinforcing means. The tip 5 of the crown is made of the same material as the side crown and has its edge turned in and sewed or otherwise secured to the in turned upper edge of the side crown.

A v'izor 6, preferably of leather, embraces the front portion of the body of the cap and has its upper portion upturned and sewed to the body. A sweat band 7 is secured to the inner surface of the side crown as ordinarily. A desired number of eyelets 8 may be secured in the side crown at suitable points so as to properly ventilate the cap.

In order that the crown tip may be properly supported at'the front and thus insure the drainage of Water therefrom, a lamp holder, formed of hardened leather, is arranged in front of the body of the cap. This holder consists of a Strip 9 having its lower end resting on and riveted or otherwise secured to the vizor 6, as indicated at 10, the upper end of said strip being formed with a rearwardly projecting extension 11 resting upon the tip 5 and secured to it, as by means of rivets or the like. An opening 12 is formed longitudinally within the strip 9, the material removed from the strip in the formation of this opening, being bent backwardly to form a tongue 13 extending between the projecting portion 11 and the tip 5. This tongue is held to the extension 11 by means of eyelets 14 or the like. As the lamp holder is made ofhardened leather, it will be apparent that the front portion of the cap will be supported at all times in proper relation to the vizor and as the tip of the cap crown is inclined downwardly and rearwardly, as indicated in Fig. 2, it will be apparent that water dropping on to the cap will be drained rearwardly.

Importance is attached to the fact that the body of the cap is formed of a fabric and that the reinforcing means employed for keeping the body in proper shape, consists of integral portions of the fabric folded to form annular enlargements. Importance is also attached to the provision of the support 9 which, being formed of a material which is practically rigid and, being secured at one end to the vizor and at its other end to the crown, serves to prevent the body of the cap from collapsing and insures proper drainage from the tip 5 at all times.

In Fig. 1 a lamp has been shown by dotted lines at 15. The eyelet 14.: is designed to receive a supporting hook 16 of the lamp.

It will be understood that the opening 12, formed by bending the tongue backwardly from the support, constitutes means for properly centering the lamp While it is suspended from the cap.

What is claimed is The combination with a cap including a Vizor, of a lamp holding bracket formed in a single piece of metal and including an intermediate upstanding portion straight from end to end, a rearwardly projecting extension at the upper end of said portion, a forwardly and downwardly inclined lower end portion for attachment for the vizor, a

tongue struck backwardly from the straight intermediate portion and bearing upwardly against the rearwardly projecting extension, there being a lamp receiving opening formed by striking the tongue from the straight intermediate portion, said tongue and the rearwardly projecting extension having registering openings, a lining within the openings and constituting means for tying the tongue to the extension, and means for securing the extension and tongue upon the tip of the cap.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

SQUIRE JOHNSON SKELDING.

Witnesses:

ELIJAH W. STRAW, JEFFERSON SHIPMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

